ia.] lxv. begoniace^: (hooker). 571 



furfuraceous pubescence. Leaves long-petioled, 4-7 by 1J — 2| in., 

 oblong-ovate or lanceolate from an unequal cordate base, acuminate, 

 irregularly sinuate-toothed, glabrous above, puberulous or glabrate 

 beneath ; petioles 1-3 in. ; stipules |-1 in., lanceolate. Cymes axillary, 

 shortly peduncled. Male fl. : Numerous, rose-red, corymbose on a 

 short peduncle, drooping, § in. diameter. Sepals 4, subovate. Petals 

 2, smaller, linear-oblong. Anthers few, ovoid, subsessile, crowded 

 into a small ovoid head. Female fl. : 3 together, very shortly pedi- 

 celled on a short peduncle. Sepals 2, narrower than in the male. 

 Petals 2. Ovary linear, j-1 in., 4-angled, scaly, tomentose, 4-celled ; 

 stigmas 4, linear-clavate, papillose on the inner surface towards the tip. 

 Capsule linear, l-ljin., tomentose. — A. DC. Prod. xv. pt. 1, 517. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, and Old Calabar, Mann! Thomson! Fl. Feb. 



A similar species with smaller leaves was collected on trees in Prince's Island by 

 Barter; but the specimens are very imperfeot. 



2. B. furfaracea, Hook.f. Monoecious ? All parts but the leaves 

 above clothed with soft appressed stellate ferruginous and furfuraceous 

 down. Stems 3 ft. ; rather woody, terete, angularly flexuous, with 

 large circular leaf-scars at the angles. Leaves distichous, short- 

 petioled, 5-7 by 1-1 J in., linear-oblong or lanceolate from an obliquely 

 rounded or cordate base, long-acuminate, sinuate-toothed, glabrous 

 above; nerves few, diverging; petioles \-^ in. ; stipules large, dimi- 

 diate-lanceolate, tomentose, caducous. Cymes axillary, shortly pedi- 

 celled, several flowered; bracts ovate, stellately woolly. Male fl. : 

 Sepals 4, suborbicular, stellately-pubescent. Petals 2, narrow, linear. 

 Anthers in an ovoid head, obtuse ; filaments indistinct. Capsule 2 in., 

 densely tomentose, linear. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, alt. 1300 ft., on trees, Mann! Male flowers un- 

 known. 



3. B. excelsa, Hook. f. Monoecious. Stem climbing, branched, 

 8-10 ft. Branches stout, woody, terete ; branchlets, petioles, nerves 

 beneath and inflorescence clothed with rusty furfuraceous pubescence. 

 Leaves short-petioled, 3-4J by 1J-2 in., elliptic-ovate ovate-oblong or 

 lanceolate from a very unequal subcordate base, acuminate, obscurely 

 sinuate-toothed, pubescent beneath; petiole J-f in., stipules 1-1 J in. 

 lanceolate. Cymes axillary, few-flowered ; peduncle \ in. Male fl. : 

 Sepals 2, oblong, obtuse, \ in. long. Petals 2. Anthers in an oblong 

 subunilateral head, oblong, obtusely apiculate ; filaments shortly con- 

 nate at the base. Female fl. : 1 in. diameter. Sepals as in the male 

 flowers. Stigmas 4, elongate, terete, stigmatic surface a flat linear- 

 oblong disk on the inner surface at the apex. Ovary J-f in. long, 4- 

 gonous. Capsule 2 in. long, linear, tomentose. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons mountains, alt. 4000 ft., Mann! 

 Closely allied to B. epiphytica, but of a very different habit and with much shorter 

 petioles. 



4. B. polygonoides, Ilooh.f. Monoecious; glabrous. Stems very 

 slender, flexuous,. several feet long, as thick as a duck's quill, angular, 



